The beginning of July means that 2018 is halfway over, which is the perfect opportunity to reflect on some of the noteworthy achievements from the past six months, including the Top 3 Best-Selling Country Albums released in 2018 . . . so far.

There have been a number of outstanding releases in 2018, including Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour, Brothers Osborne’s Port Saint Joe and Ashley McBryde’s Girl Going Nowhere, but the Top 3 Best-Selling Country Albums released in 2018 belong to a trio of country’s most popular dudes: Jason Aldean, Keith Urban and Dierks Bentley.

Below are the Top 3 Best-Selling Country Albums released in 2018, according to Nielsen Music (tracking period of Dec. 29, 2017–June 28, 2018).

1. Jason Aldean – Rearview Town – 328,000 units

2. Keith Urban – Graffiti U – 199,000 units

3. Dierks Bentley – The Mountain – 113,000 units

Can you believe 2017 is already halfway over? Well, it is, which means it’s time to crunch a few numbers.

Over the last six months, a plethora (yes, a plethora) of country artists have released new albums, including offerings from Chris Stapleton, Brad Paisley, Zac Brown Band, Lauren Alaina, Brantley Gilbert, Josh Turner, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts and more.

While Chris Stapleton’s new album, "From A Room: Volume 1", dominated the country sales charts - selling more than 200,000 more copies than its closest competitor  - a handful of other artists have had very successful 2017 releases, too.

Here are the Top 6 country albums released in 2017, based on pure album sales according to Nielsen Music.

1. Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1 (419,000 pure albums)

2. Zac Brown Band, Welcome Home (218,000)

3. Reba McEntire, Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope (183,000,         which includes metrics from Nielsen’s Christian SoundsScan)

4. Brantley Gilbert, The Devil Don’t Sleep (179,000)

5. Little Big Town, Breaker (123,000)

6. Alison Krauss, Windy City (110,000)

Stapleton’s Traveller —was released in 2015, and so were two other

albums in the Top 10: Thomas Rhett’s Tangled Up and Carrie Underwood’s Storyteller. Sam Hunt’s Montevallo was released in 2014.

With sales of more than 1 million albums, Chris’ Traveller almost doubled the sales of its closest competitor, Blake Shelton’s If I’m Honest, which clocked in with 540,000 albums sold

Carrie Underwood is the only solo female artist to make the Top 10, while Joey + Rory and Florida Georgia Line are the only duos represented.

Top 10 Best-Selling Country Albums of 2016

1. Chris Stapleton – Traveller – 1,085,000

2. Blake Shelton – If I’m Honest – 540,000

3. Joey + Rory –  Hymns – 518,000

4. Garth Brooks – The Ultimate Collection – 421,000

5. Keith Urban – Ripcord – 412,000

6. Florida Georgia Line – Dig Your Roots –  325,000

7. Jason Aldean – They Don’t Know – 305,000

8. Sam Hunt – Montevallo – 284,000

9. Thomas Rhett – Tangled Up –  266,000

10. Carrie Underwood –Storyteller – 256,000